Organizers for the annual Take a Break from the Interstate 3-Day Road Market event believe this year’s market will see record attendance.
The Road Market, founded by D.W. Miles, will be held July 23-25, and will include roadside yard sales and vendors along U.S. 21 in Surry and Yadkin County and beyond.
Yard sales can also be found throughout Yadkin County along U.S. 21. Other locations in Yadkin County will be near Interstate 77 at U.S. 21, Brooks Cross Roads, New U.S. 421 at US 21, and Hamptonville. Some vendors post signs to direct traffic off the highway to their homes and farms.
Elkin will also have 28 vendors set up on the grounds at the Heritage Center located on the corner of Standard St. and U.S. 21.
“This will be only a few of the vendors you will see throughout Elkin during this 100-mile yard sale weekend,” said Misty Mathews of the Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce. “Spaces here filled up fast and many people have expressed how excited they are that this event was happening again.”
On Saturday the Elkin Cruise in will also take place at the Heritage as well from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
History
Seven years ago, tourism officials in Virginia and North Carolina joined forces to create the annual multi-state road market event along U.S. Route 21. The three-day event has expanded since it first began and now covers more than 100 miles of Historic U.S. Route 21, running from Wytheville, Virginia, to Harmony, North Carolina.
Don Miles, founder of Take a Break from the Interstate, said the annual event has a two-fold effect upon the towns situated along U.S. Route 21. “Not only is the Road Market directly responsible for thousands of monetary transactions, but it also gives the towns and residents along the route a sense of community.”
In total, the multi-state road market passes through seven counties and nearly a dozen local jurisdictions and the annual event has grown in popularity each year.
”In its first year, the market received national attention and is credited for driving thousands of motorists into the participating communities along U.S. Route 21,” states the Road Market website.
For more information, visit TakeaBreakfromtheInterstate.org.
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